News Hot Topics: Should FreeRepublic add 'TeaParty' to the Hot Topic list

July 26, 2010 | Vanity

[topher]

The FreeRepublic News group has two entries: Anthrax and the War on Terror. What about a third category -- Tea Party.

I really want to send some folks in Washington, DC packing -- packing their bags and going home.

I believe that Teaparty has earned the right to have its own Newsgroup on FreeRepublic.com

Along that lines, maybe there could be something special set up for the Fall Elections. Since we always seem to have Fall Elections, why not a Fall Elections News Group.

This is not to say that keyword searches such as TEAPARTY or ELECTION2010 is wrong, it just might be something to consider on FreeRepublic.

[humblegunner]

It's on the right side for me, do you mean "popular keywords"?

It's my understanding that those keywords are automatically
put there by the forum software keyed to frequency of use.

[topher]

You are looking at keywords (top left of Freerepublic page).

On the Top Right Column, there is a list of the Forums and a way to list the Topics for each forum.

Hot Topics is under the News/Activism Forum (at one time Activism was a separate Forum on Freerepublic from News).

One can look at Religion Topics by going to the Religion Forum, and look at Topics.

[topher]

I mean Brownse by Forum just under Popular Keywords...

[topher]

Don't know if you want to get involved in this, but this discussion is meant to improve FreeRepublic.com at the same time as throwing some folks out of office in DC.

I am referring to the T.E.A. Party Movement and perhaps setting up a Forum for this movement...

[humblegunner]

I mean Brownse by Forum just under Popular Keywords..

Ok.. so that is what you call " FreeRepublic News group"?

I'm still not seeing Anthrax or War on Terror.

I'm not being a smartass, just trying to figure out what you mean.

[don-o]

I'm not being a smartass

Call in the press! Breaking News!!! LMAO!!!!

[Jim Robinson]

Please just use the “tea party” or “tea party rebellion” keywords.

Thanks

[humblegunner]

It’s a bi-annual event.

[GailA]

YES! And OBAMACARE

[topher]

Jim Rob posted:

Please just use the “tea party” or “tea party rebellion” keywords.

Thanks

Thanks. End of discussion.

[topher]

You will only see them if you click on Topics when you click on the News/Activism Forum.

Maybe Forums are a thing of the past.

I should have posted the link:

FreeRepublic News/Activism Topics or http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/topics

There is also the Religion Topics:

FreeRepublic Religion Topics or http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/topics